Meaning of FUZZ
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- [n] the first beard of an adolescent boy
- [n] a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"
- [n] (informal) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- [n] filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"
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| | Synonyms: | | blur, bull, cop, copper, hair, pig, tomentum |
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| | See Also: | | beard, beard, coma, enation, face fungus, internal representation, mental representation, officer, plant process, police officer, policeman, representation, stinging hair, whiskers | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Fuzz\, v. t.
To make drunk. [Obs.] --Wood.
\Fuzz\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. fuzzy that ravels (of silk or
cotton), D. voos spongy, fungous, G. faser filament. E. feaze
to untwist.]
Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter.
{Fuzz ball}, a kind of fungus or mushroom, which, when
pressed, bursts and scatters a fine dust; a puffball.
\Fuzz\, v. i.
To fly off in minute particles.
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